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PORT MELBOURNE STOP THE DATA CENTRE COMMUNITY RALLY & BBQ, Sat 31 Oct 2026 - Dear friends, Many of you may not realise that a giant Hyperscale AI Data Centre is being built in our neighbourhood.   This monster will be 8 stories high and will emit constant noise and light 24 hours a day.   3.5 millions litres of diesel fuel will be stored onsite as well as...

weather might be up and down, but 60 Minutes is doing a piece on community opposition to data centres and will be filming at the rally - organisers are hoping for a big show of support!

1pm, Westgate Park Picnic Ground, Saturday 31st October

  • ikt ( Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ) 
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    10 days ago

    The fact that we’re producing surplus electricity during peak daylight hours is immaterial to a facility that will demand massively more 24/7.

    You’re right, these days we have something called batteries that store power at night

    all the rest is just feel good hopes and dreams

    Likewise, recycled water should go to other ecologically reciprocal uses first, not to horrifically inefficient and non-reciprocal mechanical minds.

    Water and electricity are ALREADY going to the “horrifically inefficient and non-reciprocal mechanical minds” except Australians are stealing it from Americans

    These (especially the Claude dc, everyone is using Claude these days) will let Australians pay locally for what they have been putting on Americans

    • Pup Biru ( pupbiru@aussie.zone ) English
      2·
      10 days ago

      okay now you truly lost me with “stealing from americans”… americans steal from the world - including australia - with economic and military coercion

      anything we can do to scrape some remnants back isn’t unfair: its balance

      • ikt ( Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ) 
        2·
        10 days ago

        you think getting americas coal and gas to power the inference we use instead of australian renewables is getting back at them?

        remember, right now every ai token claude is pumping out by australian users is giving money to american coal and gas

        and we australians are using trillions of tokens